Adam Ritchie and his band inside the DMZSteve Schmidt and Link Smith skating in DMZ parking lotSteve Schmidt, somewhere between the heights and downtownGrove Circle Punx - Andy Conrad, Utrillo, Bryan Spinas, Matthew Thompson, Jason White, Josh Bentley (92)
Mark Drenzek added story to The Link Springs Forms
Brad Sims added story to New Wave Festival
Chris Johnson added story to DMZ opens
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Jason Matthews (Livingston, Montana) added story to New Wave Festival
Jason Matthews (Livingston, Montana) added story to Econochrist forms
Jason Matthews (Livingston, Montana) added story to Hatful Day plays their first show
Robert Borden added story to Big Boss Line forms
Michelle Morton added story to Women's City Club Show
Adam Ritchie and his band inside the DMZ
Steve Schmidt and Link Smith skating in DMZ parking lot
Steve Schmidt, somewhere between the heights and downtown
Big Boss Line - 10ft Tall
Grove Circle Punx - Andy Conrad, Utrillo, Bryan Spinas, Matthew Thompson, Jason White, Josh Bentley (92)
Towncraft Clip 6: A Generation of Vipers
Towncraft Clip 5: Kick Out a Light Socket And Go
Towncraft Clip 4: A Show of Force
Towncraft Clip 3: They Were Doing It For Little Rock
Towncraft Clip 2: Little Rock Pride
Rob-O starts The Annex
3330 Fair Park (NW Corner of Fair Park & Asher)
rob-o, the annex
Dan Bailey // I remember talking with Rob-O outside The Annex (seems to me he not only put on shows there but lived there as well, though I could be wrong) one afternoon and hearing him speculate about the possibility of bringing the Angry Samoans to town for a show. Too bad it never happened -- their lead singer, Metal Mike Saunders, was a Hall grad, after all, and at least as of a few years ago his mother still lived a couple of blocks from Reservoir Park. I don't know if Rob-O knew about Metal Mike's local background (I doubt that I did myself at the time), but he was struck by the fact that Mike was wearing a Hog hat (& maybe shirt) on the "Yesterday Started Tomorrow" EP cover.

I made it to only a couple of shows at the place -- Impulse Manslaughter & Shell Shock on 5/23/87 & Dissent & Face First on 7/15/87 (the dates appear on the tapes I made of the gigs). If memory serves, the Meat Puppets show coincided with my 10th-year high school reunion (yes, I am old) down in Stamps, so I missed that one. At least they came back five ... (More)
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John Mark Boling // It must have been around this time that I discovered the Rob-O Show on public access.

my brother: "what're you watching?"
me: "some guy wearing a football helmet with antlers on it."
brother: "..."
me: "and strobe lights and smoke machines and heavy echo."
brother: "why?"
me: "something might happen."
brother: "how long have you been watching this?"
me: "hour or so."
brother: "has anything happened?"
me: "not really."
brother: "so can i change it?"
me: "no...something might happen."
john mark boling, rob-o
Tim Lamb // The Annex! I'm not sure how the city ever allowed this place to operate! There were some wild early hardcore shows here. I distinctly remember the Meat Puppets playing, (or was it the Meatmen, or both?) and it was a hot summer night with heavy rain. The ceiling was leaking profusely so moshing on the concrete floor was treacherous and remember hitting the floor hard once and after that I became one of the spectators observing the fray from the sides -- a great show though! A lot of bands played here during its short life. A whacky guy named Rob-O ran it.
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